Govaert Flinck

An old man at a casement

Found at Christies, New York
Old Masters, Lot 42
27.Apr - 27.Apr.2017
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 USD
Price realised: 10.327.500 USD
signed and dated 'G. flinck f. 1646' (lower left)
oil on panel
27 5/8 x 24 in. (70.2 x 61 cm.)
with several red wax seals bearing the monogram 'XJ' or the Cyrillic letters '??', of a design probably dating from c. 1860-1870 (on the reverse)
Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky (1710-1775), merchant, financier, art dealer and collecting advisor to Frederick the Great, Berlin, by 1764, when recorded as 'Rembrand', '1. alter Mann, der mit dem Kopf auf der linken hand ruht. Extra fein gemahlt', (28 x 23 inches), priced at 600 Reichstaler; by whom sold in 1764 en bloc with 316 other paintings to | Catherine II the Great, Empress of Russia (1729-1796), founder of the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, as Rembrandt, recorded in an inventory made after her d

A top price for Govaert Flinck

When the work An old man at a casement by Govaert Flinck was auctioned at Christies in New York in April 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 3,000,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 10,327,500.00 (€ 9,479,118.86). This high result makes An old man at a casement the most expensive artwork by Govaert Flinck that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Govaert Flinck

Als die Arbeit An old man at a casement von Govaert Flinck im April 2017 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 3.000.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 10.327.500,00 (€ 9.479.118,86) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht An old man at a casement zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Govaert Flinck, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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